It won’t be long now until the hummingbirds that frequent our feeders will start their very long journey south. They are such a joy. They are amazingly brazen. They will come and feed while you are standing right by the bright red feeder. One day this week some bees decided to use the feeder for a luscious swimming pool. About a dozen crawled up the tube only to discover their serendipitous adventure into sweetness was the call of the grim reaper. The object lesson here just screams Psalm 1:1 at us and really needs no further elaboration.
So let’s go on to Psalm 1:2-3. “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Understanding God’s will for our lives is a giant leap toward fulfillment and happiness. Understanding that He forbids only that which would harm us enables us to obey with gratitude for His sharing His wisdom with us. We have only been around a few decades. He has been around forever. Not trusting Him and not doing what He asks is really very stupid. I listen very carefully to my elders. (There aren’t very many left.)
I sometimes smile when my students try to tell me times have changed and morality has changed with it. Little can they see that God’s standards are eternal. Just because our culture no longer frowns on certain behavior does not mean the fruit of that behavior has changed. It matters not in which century we live. The secret of prosperity has not changed.
Written by Roger Bothwell on August 7, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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